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Katrina destroyed New Orleans' public school system. As New Orleans rebuilt, most district schools were converted to charter schools or taken over by the state. The early results are optimistic. 2/3 of voters don't want schools returned back to the school board. Test scores are going up. And the cop with the metal detector wand that greeted students has been replaced by a smiling teacher.

Dear school administrators,

There is a good side to letting students have smartphones on campus. As long as your staff does not make beating or tazering&nb Read More | Discuss 

Here's what happens when you base job security on being old:

You end up firing your best and brightest young teachers.

Here is the story of Malachi King, a teacher who attended his educator of the year award ceremony with a pink slip in pocket. Malachi and all other teachers with Read More | Discuss 

Salaman Kahn has a suggestion:

Watch videos at home. Do homework at school, in class with help from the teacher.

Read more for video. Read More | Discuss 

Indiana is the latest state to join California in discovering that yes, charter schools do actually work when it comes to getting students to perform better. 

"The results in Indiana are amazingly positive in both reading and Read More | Discuss 

Here is one of the most lucid explanations of why our urban schools are failing from the Reflective Educator:

"When people ask me what I believe was the number one barrier to student achievement at my school, I always offer the same answer: the failure of the school an Read More | Discuss